National Book Foundation

The online applications are due on the last day of February and can be found on the National Book Foundation's website.

The Prize recognizes visionary literature programs that promote reading.

Seeking applications from individuals or organizations —or partnership between the two that has developed innovative means of creating and sustaining a lifelong love of reading. Deadline to apply is February 29, 2016

The National Book Foundation’s program for young readers expands to create first after school reading club for LGBTQ teens. Teens will read from booklist curated by influential LGBTQ writers.

Finalists in in Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Young People’s Literature were announced and discussed on NPR's 'Morning Edition.' October 15, 2015

The Honorees represent the best of a new generation of writers.

The National Book Foundation announced the Longlist for the 2015 National Book Award for Fiction. Finalists will be revealed on October 14.

Among the Longlist are historians, journalists, poets, and naturalists

An emerging poet with a debut collection is among the Longlist

Among the 10 Contenders are Nonfiction Books, Six Novels, and a Graphic Novel